California doctor who promised 'cancer cure' gets 14 years prison

LOS ANGELES – A California doctor has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for bilking her patients out of more than $1 million by promising that an herbal supplement could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

U.S. District Judge Robert Timlin sentenced 58-year-old Christine Daniel on Friday. He also ordered her to pay about $1.3 million.

Daniel was found guilty of 11 counts, including wire fraud, tax evasion and witness tampering.

Authorities say Daniel enticed patients to take her herbal product.

She also charged them as much as $100,000 for a six-month treatment program that she claimed could cure cancer, diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

Some of her patients, however, died from complications of cancer within three to six months after taking the supplement.